Prepaid money card for NI residents

motorguy

qwert_yuiop said:

Anyone listen to Steven Nolan this morning? Give the £100 to charity.

Is this where he asks the question - "Is it morally repugnant for those people who don’t need it to spend it on themselves?"

Personally i find Steven Nolan morally repugnant.  

guiriman

avoniel said:

Binkys restaurant Belmont Road is giving 20% off your bill when you pay with prepayment card

Also applies to Binkys, Sugar Rays and Blue Chicago at Dundonald (https://www.facebook.com/binkysdundonald/photos/pcb.4111318375583430/4111317115583556)

qwert_yuiop

Oh dear. Love your neighbour, everyone. Or his dog, anyway.

qwert_yuiop

motorguy said:

qwert_yuiop said:

Anyone listen to Steven Nolan this morning? Give the £100 to charity.

Is this where he asks the question - "Is it morally repugnant for those people who don’t need it to spend it on themselves?"

Personally i find Steven Nolan morally repugnant.  

Correct. He managed to stir up the usual heated debate about this. It is true that some people have done pretty badly in the last year and a half, and others haven’t suffered financially at all.

I suppose we could discuss the sin of gluttony here if we could be bothered.

Quite a career.

avoniel

Balmoral Hotel will allow an extra 20% when using card on food, drinks and stays. 

avoniel

20% off @ Devenish complex Belfast  Also Gallery restaurant Malone Hotel

motorguy

qwert_yuiop said:

motorguy said:

qwert_yuiop said:

Anyone listen to Steven Nolan this morning? Give the £100 to charity.

Is this where he asks the question - "Is it morally repugnant for those people who don’t need it to spend it on themselves?"

Personally i find Steven Nolan morally repugnant.  

Correct. He managed to stir up the usual heated debate about this. It is true that some people have done pretty badly in the last year and a half, and others haven’t suffered financially at all.

I suppose we could discuss the sin of gluttony here if we could be bothered.

Quite a career.

Whilst not everyone has suffered financially, pretty much everyone has suffered in some way.  Lockdown has been tough on people.

Money_Grabber13579

motorguy said:

qwert_yuiop said:

Anyone listen to Steven Nolan this morning? Give the £100 to charity.

Is this where he asks the question - "Is it morally repugnant for those people who don’t need it to spend it on themselves?"

Personally i find Steven Nolan morally repugnant.  

Given that for anyone who is a taxpayer, it is their own money that they are spending (with a large percentage chopped off due to the inefficiency of government), I don’t see what is objectionable about spending your own money on yourself.

Still think it’s a stupid idea though, given it seems like it is going to cost about £50 a person to give out £100 a person. And seems like nothing has been learnt from RHI. “It’s a scheme to help small local businesses and we trust people to do just that so we won’t put any controls in place whatsoever.”

motorguy

Money_Grabber13579 said:

motorguy said:

qwert_yuiop said:

Anyone listen to Steven Nolan this morning? Give the £100 to charity.

Is this where he asks the question - "Is it morally repugnant for those people who don’t need it to spend it on themselves?"

Personally i find Steven Nolan morally repugnant.  

Given that for anyone who is a taxpayer, it is their own money that they are spending (with a large percentage chopped off due to the inefficiency of government), I don’t see what is objectionable about spending your own money on yourself.

Still think it’s a stupid idea though, given it seems like it is going to cost about £50 a person to give out £100 a person. And seems like nothing has been learnt from RHI. “It’s a scheme to help small local businesses and we trust people to do just that so we won’t put any controls in place whatsoever.”

Agreed. 

And the bulk of people likely wont use it to shop local and support local businesses (i think the supermarket chains will get a fair percentage of them), and even if they do is its unlikely to be money they wouldnt otherwise have spent anyway.

donnac2558

My card arrived this morning, easy to activate and get the pin.  

Strangely, it says expiry as 3/22?   I know we have to use last date 30th November.

I noticed in Belfast city centre this morning quite a few shops have notices in the window saying You Can Use The Card Here.

Chatting with someone today, they said they had friends who were able to use it online   No idea how they did it?